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golden age of greece
chpt.29 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Golden Age | A time period of time in Greece of great peace wealth |
| pericles | He was the great great Athens leader was inspired them to rebuild the city-state |
| Acropolis | A hill above a Greek city-state on which temples were built. |
| Parthenon | A temple honoring the godness athens bulit on the acrpoplis above Athens. |
| Mthy | A traditional story that helps to explain a culture beliefs. |
| Architecture | The art of designing buildings |
| Suulpture | The art of creating 3- dimensional figures from such materials wood, stone,and clay |
| Socrates | One of the greatest Phiosohers in Athens |
| Plato | Socrates inspired many other Greek thinker especially his student Plato |
| Panathenaic games | The panathenaic games included many events. There were horse and chariot races, including one event in which men duped on and off a moving chariot, foot races , In one race , me in their armor. |
| Olympics | Another set of games was played every four years at Olympics honor the go Zeus . called olympics these games were so Imporant that the Greeks would call truce from call wars so that Athletes could travel safety to the games . |